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Having an affair? Starting an assignation? Then Kona is your destination. Extremely discreetly hidden within one of the Victorian townhouses of the five-star Taj Hotel in Buckingham Place, its setting couldn’t be more spectacular yet peaceful, despite being minutes from Victoria. Taking its name from Sanskrit meaning ‘corner’, Kona is not indian cuisine. Rather, executive…
Vietnamese food never fails to set my taste buds alight – aromatic lemongrass, tangy fish sauce and sharp slivers of red chillies liberally doused with fresh coriander, that most divisive of all herbs, Thai basil and mint. I first experienced the explosive taste sensation in my university days, experiencing the night life of Shoreditch one…
A century ago, had you walked into a bar and simply asked for an Old Fashioned, quite likely you’d have been answered with an inquisitive raise of the handlebar ‘tache. The very name of the cocktail we all know and recognise as the go-to tipple for serious whisky cocktail imbibers was purely an instruction for…
Restaurants in London come and go. People move on; tastes change; leases run out and new ones become prohibitive. Good sites are snapped up by hamburger and pizza chains and coffee shops now proliferate. But some places stand the test of time and one such, about to celebrate its 30th year, is Sally Clarke’s on…
A recent London jaunt brought me to the eccentric but beguiling Zetter Townhouse. Ideally sited, being well away from the more ‘touristy’ parts of London, yet literally just a few minutes walk from the nearest tube and only a leisurely 20-minute stroll from Blackfriars Bridge and the Embankment, Zetter brings a bit of Christmas cheer and log-fired…
Ruby Murray, the Northern Irish popular singer who gave her name to rhyming slang’s favourite cuisine, was herself a big drinker. But probably not this classy. ‘A journey along the Grand Trunk Road is a bewildering mix of the past and present, tripping back and forth between the mundane and the momentous,’ writes Tim Smith…
London’s contemporary art scene is consistently exciting. But in a city that’s literally bursting with fresh talent, pinpointing the masters of tomorrow can become time-consuming. Don’t worry though, because London’s South Place Hotel is connecting emerging artists with the rest of the world by holding its annual art prize tomorrow night. Head there for the…
On a blustery Sunday that looked almost mild enough to ditch the coat but windy enough to blow the change out of your pocket, I braved the in-between season to venture into the haven of the Four Seasons hotel, where a warm welcome was all that was needed to shake off the chill. Outside, the…
The visceral thrill of a not-so-brief encounter is made more piquant by Bill Borrows’ refusal to dine down market. Despite the fact that Queen Elizabeth II was born just up the road at number 17, The Square does not suggest any degree of elitist indifference. Oh no. The Square style is ‘correct’, and that is an…
It’s no secret that we at LUSSO like a bit of competition. Especially when it involves a race track, a fleet of high-spec 270cc LPG karts and a few hairpin bends. Which is why we tested LUSSO’s finest against one another at the TeamSport indoor karting centre in London’s Docklands, a proving ground for petrolheads in…